African American Photograph Album

This collection contains 26 photographs and clippings from newspapers and other publications. of African American men, women, and children, most likely from New Orleans, Louisiana. The majority of the individuals are unidentified, but those identified include: Albert Cambre Sr. and Albert Cambre Jr., Dr. F.C. Butler, Mrs. Theodore R. Albert (nee Carrie E. Gayler), J.C. Calvin, T.R. Wallace, W.G. Alston, J.W.E. Bowen, Rev. G.W. Carter, Rev. E.J. Wise, Rev. W.C. Haywood, Rev. L.A. Francis, Mrs. Levachez, and Bishop Elijah Jones. A clipping from The Louisiana Weekly newspaper includes a photograph of the members of the Helping Hand Society at their annual banquet. Many of the photographs are Real Photo Postcards dated between 1918-1940s. Photography studios represented in the collection include Dryades Studio (New Orleans), Morphis Studio (Burbank, CA), and Donnadieu Estudio (Havana, Cuba).